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NEW PUBLICATIONS. 



1. An Outline of the Sciences of Heat and Electricity. By 

 Dr Thomson, Regius Professor of Chemistry, Glasgow, &c. &c. 

 1 vol. 8vo. 600 pages. — This excellent treatise is an abridgment 

 of the Author's Lectures on Heat and Electricity, which he an- 

 nually delivers in the College of Glasgow. No English work 

 with which we are acquainted contains so beautiful, at the same 

 time so luminous and interesting, an exposition of the important 

 doctrines of heat and electricity. 



~. A Treatise on Poisons in relation to Medical Jurispru- 

 dence, Physiology, and the Practice of Medicine. By Robert 

 Christison, M. D. Professor of Medical Jurisprudence in the 

 University of Edinburgh, &c. 1 vol. 8vo. 700 pages. — On the 

 continent, particularly in Germany and France, Medical Juris- 

 prudence has long occupied the attention 'of medical men ; 

 while, in Britain, a few years only have elapsed since this import- 

 ant branch of medicine was held in any esteem. Now, how- 

 ever, it is viewed otherwise, for no practitioner can be said to 

 have had a thorough education, without an acquaintance with 

 medical jurisprudence. The work of the Edinburgh Professor 

 is just what we expected from him, being throughout distinguish- 

 ed by extent of information, accuracy of detail, luminousness of 

 arrangement, and soundness of judgment. We have, therefore, 

 no hesitation in recommending it to the particular attention of 

 the medical student and practitioner. We would even venture 

 to hint, that our legal practitioners might be benefitted by an 

 acquaintance with the facts and reasonings in Dr Christison's 

 work. 



3. The influence of Climate in the Prevention and Cure of 

 Chronic Diseases, <^c. ; comprising an account of the pri?icipal 

 places resorted to by Invalids in England, the South of Europe, 

 ^c. By James Clark, M. D. &c. Second edition, 400 pages. 

 — This edition of Dr Clarke's valuable work is much improved, 

 and considerably enlarged. The article on the climate of Eng- 

 land is rewritten. The climate of the Canaries, the Azores, the 

 Bahamas, the Bermudas, and also of the West Ii]dies, are liere 

 given for the first time. Much additional important informa- 



